''Vespina slovaciella'' is a
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
of the family
Incurvariidae. It is found in
Slovakia
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and
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...
.
The larva feeds on ''
Acer'' species. Young larva make a circular blotch. It cuts out an excision and drops to the ground, where it continues living in the litter.
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References
Moths described in 1990
Incurvariidae
Moths of Europe
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